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'algorithm' in that context is not a computer program, but a flow chart or decision tree made by distilling the result of various medical trials.
by sodii 3y ago
'algorithm' in that context is not a computer program, but a flow chart or decision tree made by distilling the result of various medical trials.
- to11mtm 3y ago> but a flow chart or decision tree made by distilling the result of various medical trials. I think you misspelled 'marketing materials' on one side or the other here.
- sodii 3y agoWhether to take a cholesterol-reducing drug is pretty big decision, and no sane person would make such decision based on marketing materials. the algorithms come from academic societies, and looks like this: https://www.acc.org/~/media/Non-Clinical/Files-PDFs-Excel-MS-Word-etc/Guidelines/2018/Guidelines-Made-Simple-Tool-2018-Cholesterol.pdf https://www.acc.org/~/media/Non-Clinical/Files-PDFs-Excel-MS... Many marketing materials contain cheatsheets for such established decision algorithms, to encourage doctors keep the material around.